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The microscopy of vegetable foods : with special reference to the detection of adulteration and the diagnosis of mixtures (1906)

Winton, Andrew Lincoln, 1864-1946, Moeller, Josef, 1848-1924 · New York : John Wiley & Sons · leaf 269

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t the plant is cultivated chiefly in the countries bordering on theMediterranean. The Latin word lens, meaning primarily lentil, was afterwardapplied by the philosophers to the biconvex magnifying glass because ofits resemblance to the lentil in shape. The seeds are gray-brown or redin color and… … S) is I mm. thick with layers much the 195, pal) are 45 ji high, 8 fi broad, haverounded outer ends, over which the cuticleis extended in the form of blunt-pointedpapillae. A light line nearly 10 /i broadlies directly beneath the cuticle, but theremainder of the walls are yellow-brown.

Plant anatomy · Food adulteration and inspection · Microscopy

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